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Rogers, EORN say 40 new 5G cell towers now operational in eastern Ontario
Access Communications joins Sask 1st Call program for underground facility locates
New Rogers video sheds light on youth daily screen time
Telecom and TV consumer complaints increase 61 per cent: CCTS
Rogers offering voluntary buyouts to roughly half of 25K employees: report
Rogers is offering voluntary departure packages to roughly half of its employees, excluding those at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), according to a report in The Globe & Mail.
The looming buyouts are said to impact roughly half of its 25,000 employees. Those ineligible include on-air talent and Sportsnet employees at Rogers Sports and Media, the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as unionized employees, according to the report.
“We are taking steps to adjust our cost structure to reflect the business realities of the current environment,” a Rogers spokesperson told the Globe….
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By Ahmad Hathout
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is temporarily authorizing SpaceX’s use of the E-band after receiving broad support.
The American aerospace company filed a request with ISED in December requesting that its Starlink broadband satellite service be able to utilize the E-band (71-76 GHz downlink and 81-86 GHz uplink) for fixed satellite service (FSS) communications between its satellites and gateway earth station located at Saint-Laurent, Quebec and Janet, Alberta, which are currently serving users via the Ka-band. The E-band is used by terrestrial wireless network providers for backhaul, and SpaceX wants to use…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC on Friday set the final wholesale access rates to the bundled fibre networks of the incumbent telcos, keeping them “similar” to the existing rates set in 2024 because of their success in inducing new offerings in the market.
“The final rates set in this order are similar to those interim rates, which dozens of competitors have successfully been using to bring new offers to market and attract tens of thousands of new customers,” the CRTC said Friday.
Indeed, the final rates are mostly only slightly changed. For access to Bell’s FTTP facilities, between 3 Mbps and 1.5…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC ruled Thursday that Rogers does not need to continue putting money into the Shaw Rocket Fund past August 2025, rejecting the fund’s request to extend that date by at least a year.
The Certified Independent Product Fund (CIPF), which bankrolls children’s programming, had asked the CRTC last summer to stop Rogers from pulling the plug on the funding, which was a condition of its acquisition of Shaw. The fund argued that the CRTC’s 2023 renewal of Rogers’s licence to August 31, 2026 is just an extension of the current licence term, which means…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Cabinet has declined to overturn petitions challenging the CRTC’s decision to allow the three largest telecommunications companies access to the wholesale internet framework, arguing the regulator has instituted investment protections and has an opportunity to solidify the balance between that and competition by setting final access rates.
“The Governor in Council considers that bringing down costs for Canadians is a key priority and that restricting larger telecommunications service providers from accessing mandated wholesale high-speed access services, as requested in the petitions, would reduce the level of competition and consumer options in the retail high-speed Internet services market,” said…
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ISED approves SpaceX use of E-band
CRTC makes final wholesale fibre rates similar to interim, disappointing wholesalers
CRTC says Rogers does not need to continue putting money into Shaw Rocket Fund
Cabinet declines to overturn Big Three access to wholesale internet ahead of final fibre rates